D-8 summit: Jonathan leaves for Pakistan
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja tonight for Islamabad, Pakistan to attend the summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of Eight Developing Nations (D-8) which opens tomorrow.
Road accidents claim 1.2m lives worldwide – UN
No fewer than 1.2 million people have died around the world since the beginning of the year in road accidents, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday.
Falana urges NASS to reject FG’s $7.9 billion loan request
The National Assembly has been called upon not to approve the $7.9 billion being requested by the Federal Government to fund certain projects within the next two years.
INEC – More Cause For Alarm
PROFESSOR Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has a penchant for explaining INEC’s failings. After two years on the saddle, he thinks INEC’s deficiencies play no part in credible elections.
Fashola defends planned introduction of Chinese in Lagos schools
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Sunday that the plan by the state government to introduce Mandarin in public schools was not to discourage the teaching of indigenous languages.
Kayode Eso, the mystery judge – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the late Supreme Court Justice Kayode Eso who died last Friday in a London hospital as a mystery judge even as the family of the deceased will meet in the next two or three days with a view to releasing the burial programmes.
